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www.times-herald.com
http://www.times-herald.com/local/20140920-Marrero-UWG-
Marrero Inaugurated As UWG President
by CLAY NEELY
Hundreds of students, staff, local leaders and alumni were on hand Friday to witness the official inauguration of Dr. Kyle Marrero at the University of West Georgia Coliseum. Marrero is the seventh president of the Carrollton-based University of West Georgia since its founding in 1906 as an agricultural and mechanical school.
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http://www.times-georgian.com/news/article_15b868c8-412f-11e4-8371-001a4bcf6878.html
A new day of UWG: The inauguration of Dr. Kyle Marrero
www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/09/22/new-presidents-or-provosts-finger-lakes-ga-highlands-ivy-tech-mesabi-mssu-mount-st
New Presidents or Provosts: Finger Lakes CC, Georgia Highlands College, Ivy Tech CC-Terre Haute, Mesabi Range College, Missouri Southern State U., Mount Saint Mary College, U. of Wisconsin-Green Bay, WGU Texas
By Doug Lederman
…Donald J. Green, vice president for extended and international operations at Ferris State University, in Michigan, has been named president of Georgia Highlands College.
www.wjcl.com
http://wjcl.com/2014/09/22/georgia-southern-one-of-handful-to-honor-program-with-white-coat-ceremony/
Georgia Southern one of handful to honor program with ‘White Coat’ Ceremony
By Christopher Buchanan
STATESBORO, Ga. (WJCL) — The Georgia Southern University School of Nursing was recently chosen as part of a test program in which 100 schools received funding to pilot its first-ever White Coat Ceremony. The School celebrated the event on Friday, Sept. 19 at the Georgia Southern University Performing Arts Center. The ceremony was the result of a collaborative partnership between The Arnold P. Gold Foundation (APGF) and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). “Being chosen to participate in the inaugural White Coat Ceremony acknowledges the stellar reputation that the School of Nursing programs at Georgia Southern University have at the national level,” said Jean Bartels, Ph.D., former AACN president and the provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Georgia Southern University.
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http://www.myajc.com/news/lifestyles/colleges-open-doors-for-free-to-seniors-62-plus/nhLk6/#616c09e1.3566685.735498
Colleges open doors for free to seniors 62-plus
By Laura Berrios – For the AJC
This past spring, when Bob Brennan received his bachelor’s degree in English from Georgia State University, the 85-year old completed what he had begun in 1951 as a young Korean War veteran. It was a “big day for me” to finally get that degree, Brennan said. And best of all, in going back to college he didn’t pay a dime of tuition. In Georgia, adult residents age 62 and older can enroll in any college or university within the Georgia University System and take courses for free. Though the tuition waiver has been around for more than three decades, it may be one of Georgia’s best kept educational secrets.
www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/then-and-now-month-after-opening-new-bolton-receives-mixed/article_0f715990-3f70-11e4-acdc-0017a43b2370.html
Then and now: 1 month after opening, new Bolton receives mixed reviews
Natalie Adams
The new Bolton Dining Commons made waves during its first month of operation, including several broken University of Georgia Food Services records. But with a steady flow of people constantly circulating in and out of the state-of-the-art facility, many are asking the same question: Does it live up to the hype? Clare Thomas, a sophomore pre-journalism major from Chickamauga, thinks it does.
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/sports/college-sports/2014-09-19/uga-planning-huge-indoor-practice-field-football-other-ncaa-sports
UGA planning huge indoor practice field for football, other NCAA sports
By LEE SHEARER
The University of Georgia is moving ahead with plans to build an indoor football practice field. The board of the UGA Athletic Association voted Friday to pay an architectural firm $400,000 to design and find a place for the huge building, which would measure in the range of 70 by 140 yards and 75 to 100 feet high. The athletic association is the non-profit corporation that runs UGA’s intercollegiate athletic programs.
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http://savannahnow.com/latest-news/2014-09-20/uga-closer-building-indoor-football-field
UGA closer to building indoor football field
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http://www.myajc.com/news/business/georgia-slow-to-invest-new-funds-in-businesses/nhQtF/#87b4b1e8.157913.735498
Georgia slow to invest new funds in businesses
By Greg Bluestein and Matt Kempner – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A state plan adopted last year to attract more investment dollars for local startup companies has lacked one crucial component: a way to spend the money. The Invest Georgia Fund was seen as a way to forge a new, if riskier, path that allows the state to fund innovative firms. The tech community, in particular, hailed the bill’s April 2013 signing as a way to entice emerging firms to stay in Georgia rather than flee to startup hubs where seed money flows more freely. Elected officials, though, have lagged in appointing members to a five-person board set to oversee the fund. And without that oversight, the University System of Georgia says it can’t do anything with the one-time $10 million initial investment it has set aside for the fund.
www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/uga-students-hold-protest-against-rape-culture-at-the-arch/article_a06c62ee-4049-11e4-9a14-0017a43b2370.html
UGA students hold protest against rape culture at the Arch
Gabe Cavallaro
Approximately 20 student activists held a protest in opposition to rape and sexual assault at the Arch at the University of Georgia Friday afternoon. The event was organized by students Arianna Mantas, Emma Wakeman and Kathlene Stinson and was provoked by an incident last weekend, when Mantas was the victim of a sexual assault, she said.
www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/bond-denied-for-uga-student-accused-of-campus-thre/nhRt4/
Bond denied for UGA student accused of campus threat
By Alexis Stevens – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The University of Georgia student accused of threatening violence on campus was denied bond at his first court appearance on Monday. But the 19-year-old is expected to be in court again Tuesday at a second bond hearing, according to the Clarke County Magistrate Court. Ariel Omar Arias was arrested and charged Friday night with two felony counts of terroristic threats, a few hours after his alleged threat on social media, according to UGA police. Arias, from Lilburn, was also suspended from the university, according to police.
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http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2014-09-19/uga-police-arrest-student-connection-threats-mlc
UGA police arrest student in connection with threats at MLC
www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/threat-of-violence-at-uga/nhQhj/
Police: UGA student arrested for threat on campus building
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/threat-of-violence-at-uga/nhQhj/
UGA campus threat will not be treated as innocent prank
By Alexis Stevens
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
If it was a prank to avoid Friday classes, it wasn’t funny. And the University of Georgia police department plans to find the person responsible for a threat of violence at a building in the heart of the campus. Shortly before noon, several students reported that a violent threat directed at the Zell B. Miller Learning Center had been made on social media, UGA Police Chief Chief Jimmy Williamson said. The threat was believed credible, and officers were immediately dispatched to the area. The UGA police bomb squad was also dispatched. …Late Friday afternoon, the investigation focused on who was responsible for the threat. Williamson didn’t elaborate on how the threat was made, but said officers were working to find the culprit. …The person responsible for the UGA threat will face criminal charges once identified, Williamson said.
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http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2014-09-19/uga-police-investigating-social-media-threat-prompted-miller-evacuation
UGA police investigating social media threat that prompted Miller evacuation
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/threat-of-violence-at-uga/nhQhj/
All-clear sounded at UGA after social media threat
By Mike Morris
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The all-clear has been sounded at the University of Georgia, where a building was evacuated Friday afternoon because of a threat posted on social media. The incident happened at the Zell B. Miller Learning Center, which is a technologically-advanced combination library and instruction space, according to its website. The school sent out an alert to students and faculty around noon that read: “Threat of violence at MLC. Stay away from area until further notice.” …Despite the all-clear, university spokesman Tom Jackson said classes scheduled to meet at the Miller Learning Center were canceled. During a 2 p.m. press conference, UGA police Chief Jimmy Williamson said the incident remains under investigation.
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http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/uga-police-give-all-clear-following-campus-threat/article_3a1ee992-4037-11e4-a35f-0017a43b2370.html
UGA police give “all clear” following campus threat
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/university-of-west-georgia-students-hit-by-robbers/nhRZf/
University of West Georgia students hit by robbers
By Mark Niesse
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Several University of West Georgia students were targeted by robbers on campus early Sunday morning. University police said two men knocked a student unconscious near the fountain at the Carrollton school’s community center around 2:50 a.m. The student was being treated for injuries. In a separate incident, three people tried to rob several students at 4:45 a.m., according to university police. The students weren’t injured.
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http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/uwg-police-investigating-strong-arm-robberies-camp/nhRZk/
UWG police investigating strong-arm robberies on campus
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2014-09-20/uga-student-beaten-and-robbed-near-downtown-athens
UGA student beaten and robbed near downtown Athens
By BY JOE JOHNSON
A University of Georgia reportedly was beaten and robbed Saturday morning as he walked home from downtown Athens. Athens-Clarke County police said the student was heading to his home on Stone Mill Run when accosted by a group of five or six males on Mitchell Street near Thomas Street.
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http://savannahnow.com/latest-news/2014-09-21/university-georgia-celebrate-centennial
University of Georgia to celebrate centennial
By The Associated Press
ATHENS, Ga. — The University of Georgia’s journalism school is preparing to celebrate its centennial. The school says the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication plans to kick of the centennial celebration with a concert by the group Freedom Sings at the Athena Ballroom in the Classic Center on Oct. 2.
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http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/morning_call/2014/09/uga-engineering-enrollment-nearly-doubles-in-two.html
UGA engineering enrollment nearly doubles in two years
Carla Caldwell
Morning Edition Editor- Atlanta Business Chronicle
Enrollment in the University of Georgia’s College of Engineering had reached 1,314 as of Sept. 9, nearly twice what it was in fall 2012. In undergraduates, the engineering college now ranks sixth in size behind arts and sciences (9.457), business (6,418), education (2,436), journalism (1,895) and agriculture and environmental sciences (1,488), reports Athens Banner-Herald.
www.finance.yahoo.com
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/top-25-universities-130552299.html
The Top 25 Universities to Work For
By Paul Ausick
Rankings of colleges and universities have become an important resource for prospective students and their parents, offering a convenient way to make some basic comparisons of post-secondary institutions. The rankings are usually based on sub-scores for academic reputation, faculty-to-student ratio and quality of life… The top ten list for 2014:… 22. Georgia Institute of Technology
www.brookings.edu
http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/the-avenue/posts/2014/09/18-global-hometowns-americas-foreign-students-ruiz
Top 10 Global Hometowns of America’s Foreign Students
Neil G. Ruiz
American higher education is a global commodity and has become a major service export. My recently released report on foreign students reveals that fast-growing emerging cities from around the globe are the hometowns of a large majority of foreign students studying in the United States. You can explore foreign students’ cities of origin and U.S. metropolitan destinations in the report’s data interactive available here. Below is the Brookings ranking of the top 10 hometowns of America’s foreign students… 6. Mumbai, India: The largest city in India sent 27 percent of its 17,000 students to study engineering degrees in the United States. They can be found in large numbers at Carnegie Mellon University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and University of Southern California. The large majority of Mumbai foreign students are pursuing master’s degrees (74 percent).
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www.wtoc.com
http://www.wtoc.com/story/26580393/georgia-southern-hosts-stem-fest
Georgia Southern hosts STEM Fest
By Dal Cannady
STATESBORO, GA (WTOC) – Instructors from NASA and Georgia Southern University’s STEM Institute brought a sneak peek of the Second Annual STEM Fest to Bulloch County students. Elementary school students built load-baring “structures” from straws and tape. They also learned about careers in the space industry.
www.accessnorthga.com
http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=279804
Finalists for Ga. STEM Education Awards include schools in Cumming, Suwanee
By Staff
ATLANTA – The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) and the TAG Education Collaborative (TAG-Ed) has announced the finalists for the 3rd annual Georgia STEM Education Awards which recognizes schools, programs, and companies for outstanding efforts and achievements in supporting and promoting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Education in Georgia. …This year’s finalists were chosen from applicants from across the state in 8 different categories: …Post Secondary Outreach …Georgia Southern University’s Molecular Biology Initiative, Statesboro …University of West Georgia Institutional STEM Excellence, Carrollton
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2014-09-20/todays-teachers-more-inexperienced-more-likely-leave-researcher-says
Today’s teachers more inexperienced, more likely to leave, researcher says
By LEE SHEARER
The number of U.S. teachers has grown dramatically in the past three decades. But they’re a lot more inexperienced due to a growing number leaving the profession, according to researcher Richard Ingersoll.
www.consumerreports.org
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/09/go-to-college-for-free-if-you-re-over-50/index.htm
Go to college for free if you’re over 50
Throughout the country, special programs make it possible
Here’s a paradox: If you’re young and eager to complete a college degree, the expenses can be crushing. But if you’re 50-plus and in no hurry, you may be able to get that same education free. Want to study social work for a career reboot? Brush up on your computer skills? Or take up ancient Greek just for the heck of it? Thanks to programs and discounts for mature students, you can find free and inexpensive college courses—in classrooms and online—to keep your brain active… Though most online courses are free, you may have to buy the professor’s textbook for the full experience. (Coursera has free access to some e-textbooks though Chegg, a textbook sales and rental service.) But paid, MOOC-based degrees may become commonplace. Udacity, AT&T, and Georgia Tech now have a collaboration to offer an online-only master’s degree program in computer science for just $6,600.
www.gmanetwork.com
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/380302/scitech/technology/putting-the-ethics-in-robotics-testing-asimov-s-first-law
Putting the ethics in robotics: Testing Asimov’s First Law
By BEA MONTENEGRO
Are you willing to place your life in the hands of a robot? In a future where robots could possibly be used in almost all aspects of our everyday lives, you may not have a choice. Renowned science fiction author, Isaac Asimov outlined a set of rules called the the Three Laws of Robotics. The rules served as part of the programming of almost all the robots featured in his futuristic works… Scientist Ronald Arkin from the Georgia Institute of Technology has devised a set of algorithms which allow robots make decisions on the battlefield. During test runs, robots with this programming sometimes choose to minimize casualties when in areas like schools or hospitals.
www.dispatch.com
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2014/09/22/book-choice-intended-to-engage-students.html
Ohio State book choice intended to engage first-year students
By Ken Gordon
To Kory Smith, the book that he and other first-year Ohio State University students were assigned to read as they entered college last year wasn’t a page turner as much as a page burner. “I didn’t enjoy the book,” Smith said of The Submission, a novel by Amy Waldman about the reaction to an American Muslim winning a design contest for a Sept. 11 memorial. Rather than just dismiss the unpleasant experience, though, the Cincinnati resident decided to do something about it: He joined the committee that picked the book for incoming students in 2014… “Liking the text and agreeing with it are not outcomes that every program is striving for,” said Dr. Steven Girardot of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, who helped lead a national conference on common-reading programs in February.
www.medgadget.com
http://www.medgadget.com/2014/09/new-home-diagnosis-technology-for-anemia-with-less-than-a-drop-of-blood.html
New Home Diagnosis Technology for Anemia with Less Than a Drop of Blood
by JOSHUA CHEN
What started off as only an undergraduate biomedical engineering senior design project at Georgia Tech and Emory University has turned into a home diagnosis anemia test that will soon be mass produced and commercially available. This new technology is able to generate an accurate anemia diagnosis from less than a drop of blood. The device uses a lance, similar to those used by diabetics, to generate a drop of blood. When the drop comes into contact with the device’s cap, the blood is drawn into the cap, a small vial, solely through capillary action.
www.student.societyforscience.org
https://student.societyforscience.org/article/sharks’-super-sniffers-risk
Sharks’ super sniffers at risk
Increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the ocean may turn off sharks’ ability to smell prey
BY SHARON OOSTHOEK
Sharks have such a good sense of smell that some marine scientists call them “swimming noses.” They use these finely tuned scent detectors to search out prey. But a new study shows that rising levels of carbon dioxide could erase sharks’ ability to sniff out food. That is bad news for hungry sharks. It’s also bad news for a healthy ocean: Sharks are top predators. They keep populations of smaller marine creatures from growing out of control. They’re like the ocean’s weed controllers. Marine biologist Danielle Dixson works at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. She discovered the shark problem while studying the odor-tracking behavior of 24 smooth dogfish. This shark species lives off of the east coast of North America and grows to about a meter (3.3 feet) long.
www.newscientist.com
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329874.500-apples-smart-watch-could-have-us-all-selfmonitoring.html#.VCBWPCivIeV
Apple’s smart watch could have us all self-monitoring
By Paul Marks
IT LOOKS like a wrist-sized iPhone with an old-fashioned winder. But Apple reckons its first smart watch, announced on 10 September, could be a huge leap forward when it comes to what gadgets can tell us about ourselves, our health and our fitness. Smartphone apps can already track activities ranging from your morning jog to your sleeping habits. With smart watches and wrist-worn devices like FitBit and Jawbone Up doing much the same, do we need another such device?… The biggest opportunity with wearable technology is reducing the time between someone’s intent to do something and their ability to act on it, says Thad Starner of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, who led the development of the Google Glass headset. “When that time is small – a few seconds at most – you use the device more as an extension of yourself, instead of as a separate device.”
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http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/5-years-later-experts-say-devastating-floods-could/nhQsp/
5 years later: Experts say devastating floods could happen again
By Katie Walls
Flooding experts believe the devastating floods that hit metro Atlanta in 2009 could happen again. Kent Frantz, service hydrologist for the NWS, told Severe Weather Team 2 meteorologist Katie Walls that after living through that experience, he doesn’t discount anything… Dr. Brian Stone is a professor of City and Regional Planning at Georgia Tech. He said Metro Atlanta has been one of the most rapidly growing metropolitan areas for the last 20 years. Growth is good, but not for the area’s trees or urban flooding. Stone told Channel 2 Action News there’s a direct connection between the lack of trees and increased storm water runoff.
www.myfoxatlanta.com
http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/26588464/france-atlanta-collaboration-set-for-next-month
France-Atlanta collaboration set for next month
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
For the fifth year in a row Atlanta is set to host an effort to foster cooperation and creative exchange between France and the Southeast. “France-Atlanta: Together Towards Innovation” is a two-week series of events presented jointly by the Consulate General of France in Atlanta and the Georgia Institute of Technology. More than 20 events are planned in metro Atlanta from Oct. 16-30. Organizers say there will be events in the fields of science, business, culture and humanitarian development.
Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/opinion/2014-09-19/nesmith-who-was-behind-states-engineering-education-expansion
NeSmith: Who was behind state’s engineering education expansion?
By DINK NESMITH
Behind every news story, there’s a backstory. And while some of headlines make you frown, others make you smile. Here’s one that made me grin: “UGA engineering enrollment doubles … 1,233 undergraduates, 81 graduate students majoring in popular program.” Here’s the backstory, as I know it:
www.nytimes.com
Why Federal College Ratings Won’t Rein In Tuition
By SUSAN DYNARSKI
College costs have been rising for decades. Slowing — or even better, reversing — that trend would get more people into college and help reduce student debt. The Obama administration is working on an ambitious plan intended to rein in college costs, and it deserves credit for tackling this tough job. Unfortunately, I don’t think it’s going to work, at least not in controlling tuition at public colleges, which enroll a vast majority of students. The plan might dampen prices at expensive private colleges, but some of them may close if they can’t survive on lower tuition.
www.ledger-enquirer.com
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2014/09/22/3310103_john-a-tures-college-students.html?sp=/99/178/&rh=1
John A. Tures: College students do cost-benefit study … of college
Few topics today are more debated than a value of a college education. Supporters like Indiana University Northwest Chancellor William J. Lowe (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-j-lowe/education-is-worth-the-in_b_5767518.html) have focused on better employment rates for college graduates, while Clinton’s former Labor Secretary Robert Reich highlights the high cost of college and the relative lack of technical training alternatives (http://www.salon.com/2014/09/03/robert_reich_college_is_a_ludicrous_waste_of_money_partner/). So I let my college students in the American Experience class do their own calculations of a college degree’s value. When I proposed the idea, they came up with the idea of looking up U.S. Census Bureau data for average earnings of those with a college degree, versus those with a high school degree.
www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2014/09/22/essay-significance-mens-studies-promoting-success-male-students
Taking Male Students Seriously
By Rocco L. Capraro
Today’s college men, as a group, are not doing so well — in comparison with today’s college women and with college men of the past. Many men are simply not attending college at all; and of those who matriculate, they are not graduating in large numbers, again, as compared to women and to previous generations of men. Coming out of high school, they are not as well prepared for college. They are reading less than girls and less than boys of older generations. In fact, if college admissions were gender-blind, the vast majority of students at our most selective colleges would be women.
www.nytimes.com
A Chance at College for Ex-Offenders
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
There is a widely overlooked obstacle to higher education that confronts at least 70 million Americans who have criminal records — often for relatively trivial transgressions in the distant past. Many colleges ask applicants about criminal convictions before deciding on their suitability as students. And since criminal records are often inaccurate and misleading, these screening systems are inherently unfair.
Education News
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional/study-found-state-proficiency-threshold-too-low/nhQkJ/
Study found state proficiency threshold too low
By Wayne Washington
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Proficient in Georgia doesn’t really mean proficient in the rest of the world. That’s one of the findings from a study released this week by the American Institutes for Research, a nonprofit behavioral and social science research group. Georgia considered 87 percent of eighth-graders to be proficient in math in 2011, according to the study. But, using international measures, only 24 percent of the state’s eighth-graders were proficient in math, the study found. No state had a larger gap. AIR used data the state reported to the federal government under the No Child Left Behind education law. The study found that Georgia, like other states, gave a falsely positive impression of student achievement.
www.americustimesrecorder.com
http://www.americustimesrecorder.com/news/article_358fa0d6-40fc-11e4-9cac-8b3964c70dd3.html
USDA awards South Georgia Tech $80,000 for Agricultural Technology Grant
by Beth Alston
AMERICUS — U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development State Director Quinton Robinson awarded South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) and the SGTC Foundation an $80,000 grant to help establish the college’s new John Deere TECH agricultural technology associate degree program recently. The check presentation helped kickoff the SGTC Foundation’s TechForce 2014 annual fund drive. SGTC board of directors, trustees and SGTC and John Deere officials were present at the presentatiom.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/blogs/headcount/common-app-changes-membership-requirements/39017?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en
Common App No Longer Requires Members to Conduct ‘Holistic’ Reviews
By Eric Hoover
Indianapolis — The Common Application will no longer require member colleges to conduct “holistic” reviews of applicants, the organization announced on Friday. The change in policy will allow institutions that do not require admission essays or recommendations to join the 549 colleges worldwide that use the standardized online admission form.
www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2014/09/22/week-podcast-undermining-pell-grants-digital-accessibility-disabled-students
‘This Week’ Podcast: ‘Undermining Pell’ Grants / Digital Accessibility for Disabled Students
“This Week,” Inside Higher Ed’s weekly news podcast, this week featured a discussion between the New America Foundation’s Stephen Burd, Editor Doug Lederman and the moderator Casey Green about the foundation’s new report assessing how successfully (or not) colleges are using their Pell Grant funds to enroll low-income students.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/what-you-need-to-know-about-mondays-student-loan-default-rates/86425?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
What You Need to Know About Monday’s Student-Loan Default Rates
By Andy Thomason
The U.S. Department of Education is scheduled to release today its annual cohort default rates, which describe what percentage of college graduates are defaulting on their student loans. Here’s what you need to know:
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/blogs/headcount/admissions-leaders-gather-to-weigh-prestige-financial-aid-and-love/39061?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Admissions Leaders Gather to Weigh ‘Prestige, Financial Aid, and Love’
Indianapolis — Gray areas, pink hair, and a silver scooter.
By Eric Hoover
I heard about all of those over three days here at the National Association for College Admission Counseling’s annual conference, where officials shared concerns about many issues. The challenge of recruiting students in this high-tech age. The relentless need to bolster the bottom line as institutional budgets remain tight. And the weight of expectations—some reasonable, some not—to deliver a bigger, better freshman class each year. In short, I heard a lot of worry about the pressures described in my recent article about how enrollment leaders occupy the hottest seats on campuses—and why many are losing their jobs.
www.online.wsj.com
http://online.wsj.com/articles/mistakes-parents-make-with-financial-aid-1411333024?KEYWORDS=%22Higher+Education%22
Mistakes Parents Make With Financial Aid
The Timing of Certain Financial Decisions Can Hurt Students’ Eligibility for Assistance
By CHARLIE WELLS
Most families know the basics of college financial aid: Several months before school starts, students apply for assistance, parents detail their financial situations, and then everybody waits for the powers that be to tab the bill. What many don’t know—or at least, don’t realize until it’s too late—is that the timing of certain financial decisions made well before and even during college can significantly alter a student’s eligibility for aid from both the federal government and the university itself.
www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2014/09/22/new-data-us-graduate-enrollments
New Data on U.S. Graduate Enrollments
First-time enrollment at U.S. graduate schools increased by 1 percent between fall 2012 and 2013, driven by 11.5 percent growth in new international students and despite a 0.9 percent decrease in U.S. citizens and permanent residents, according to a new report from the Council of Graduate Schools.
www.usnews.com
http://www.usnews.com/news/college-of-tomorrow/articles/2014/09/22/online-options-expanding-in-higher-education-landscape
Online Options Expanding in Higher Education Landscape
Schools are partnering with technology companies to reach more students.
By Amy Golod
Christine Shakespeare, assistant vice president of continuing and professional education at Pace University, and her colleagues frequently describe the interrupted educational paths of their adult student population like this: “Life gets in the way.” By enrolling in online courses, however, students are able to reintegrate higher education into their lives without their studies getting in the way of their work or family commitments.
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Questioning an Ambitious Chancellor’s Vision
By REEVE HAMILTON
HOUSTON — Charles Haston was wearing a shirt emblazoned with the University of Texas at Austin longhorn logo when he showed up for orientation at the University of Houston — home of the Cougars — in the fall of 2008. “I wasn’t the only one,” he recalled. The University of Houston “was this school that was rather dilapidated, had a reputation for being ‘Cougar High,’ and it was everyone’s second or third choice.” That year was the university’s first under Renu Khator, its president who also doubles as the chancellor of the University of Houston system. As the first woman to hold both positions concurrently, and the only chancellor of a Texas public university system who is a woman, a minority or foreign-born, she was well cast as the face of change. (The university is a corporate sponsor of The Texas Tribune.) Over the next six years, Ms. Khator tried to instill a drive for national competitiveness in place of a mentality she described as “we are what we are.”
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Texas University Faces Trial for Ousting Employee Who Defied Congressman
By Peter Schmidt
A federal appeals court has cleared the way for a former art-galleries director at Stephen F. Austin State University to try to paint several administrators there as having trampled his First Amendment rights in order to appease a U.S. congressman he had defied and harshly criticized. In a ruling handed down last week, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected the administrators’ bid to have the former galleries director’s lawsuit dismissed, saying the administrators should have known they risked violating his free-speech rights in pushing him out of his job after his clash with Rep. Louis B. (Louie) Gohmert Jr., a Republican.
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Celebrity Support Dominates Kickoff of White House Sexual-Assault Campaign
By Andy Thomason
The White House unveiled its “It’s On Us” sexual-assault awareness campaign on Friday morning, calling on all college students—and especially men—to do their part to stop rapes on campuses. The effort, which relies in part on the power of peer pressure, has already attracted vocal support in the way that only a White House campaign can.
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‘It’s On Us’